Katsina State Government has disclosed that it has expended over N7 billion to construct 200km roads across the state.
Commissioner of Works, Tasiu Dandagoro, made this kniwn, during an interview with journalists, on Wednesday, in Katsina.
He said the state government constructed the roads to assist the rural dwellers to transport their farm produce to markets.
He added that, “The Masari administration has completed all the unfinished road projects inherited from the immediate past administration.
“Some of the road projects were awarded and barely started on the eve of the Shema administration’s departure, on May 29, 2015.
“Some of the road projects completed by the Masari administration included Katsayal to Baure to Babban Mutum in Daura zone.
“Other roads include Eka to Kuraye to Yarganji in Katsina zone and Sheme to Daudawa road projects in Funtua zone” he added.
Dandagoro said that the government had awarded road project from Sakuntumi to Yalwa and Dayi to Garbajau in 2017.
He said that the government had included five road projects in the 2018 budget to alleviate the suffering of the rural dwellers.
